Full Video of Times Square Car Murder Released! Here Are 5 NEW Details You Should Know About The Driver Richard Rojas

During what should have been a beautiful day to be in the heart of Manhattan on Thursday May 18th, Times Square quickly turned into a scene of carnage and tragedy.

Just about noon, Richard Rojas, 26, from the Bronx, purposefully rammed his Honda Accord into people standing on the streets, mowing them down before he crashed into a bollard on 45th Street and Broadway.

One Michigan teenager died and 22 more were injured, some severely.

Alyssa Elsman, 18, was visiting the city with her mother and sister when she was fatally struck.

​Friends of Rojas claim that he was never the same after being discharged from the Navy for disciplinary reasons in 2014.

After enlisting in 2011, he was stationed in Illinois then Jacksonville, Florida where he earned the rank of an electrician's mate fireman apprentice.

Rojas was never sent overseas.

Suffering from paranoia, Rojas turned to alcohol and drugs, often talking about demons and conspiracy theories.

Rojas lived with his mother in the Bronx.

4. Richard Rojas is being charged with numerous offenses.

On Friday, Rojas was arraigned on one count of second-degree murder, 20 counts of attempted murder, and one count of aggravated vehicular homicide.

No plea was entered and Rojas is scheduled to appear in court again next week.

According to the criminal complaint, Rojas “had glassy eyes, slurred speech and was unsteady." And told officers, "I smoked marijuana. I laced the marijuana with PCP.”

NYPD Chief of Manhattan South Detective William Aubrey said,“There’s preliminary tests that were done. They confirm what his statements were and there’s also a more thorough exam that has to be done with the medical examiner and that’s the blood results. Those are the results we’re waiting for.”

5. There will be an investigation into Rojas to see if this was a premeditated act.

Though authorities do not believe it was terror-related, they are going to be checking Rojas' recent history to see if this was a premeditated attack.

They will be checking his cell phone and talking to neighbors and friends to see if he this was deliberate, though at this point, they are focusing on "mental issues" as the cause for this tragic incident.